For people who do or don't have a lot of human contact during the day what a better way to spend an evening than with a dose of Facebook. You can connect with your family, friends and professional contacts and you do not have to make hors d'oeuvres, plan a meal and with a click you can make them all go away. No mess to clean up, no money spent and you've just spent some quality time with those you love and respect. Plus, as long as you have a killer profile pic, you can wear sweat pants, a t-shirt, and no makeup while entertaining on Facebook.
I marvel that people have over a thousand friends and wonder if they actually had a conversation with all of them but, hey, less than a year ago I thought Facebook was something my my kids did. Now I have rebuilt relationships with people as far back as elementary school, keep in mind that was the 60's, long lost family, not to mention professional networking.
Control freak that I am, if there was a quiz about "What Friends Character are You"? I would be Monica without a doubt. She never even had Facebook. So to honor her we will tell you of our biggest FB fauz pas:
GAMES.....Know you love them and we respect that you have a new crop on Farmville. We can hide Farmville and the other stuff if we choose not to participate. You are not hiding the person, just the games they play. If your Farmville friends have little else to say, it is their loss. Do not insult them by joining groups such as "I don't care about your Farmville", etc.
YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO BE A FRIEND......Try to read and view all your friends posts, they were important enough for them to post. Clicking on LIKE will let them know that you care. Writing a comment, even better.
TOO MUCH INFORMATION.....What you had for dinner, how much your job sucks or anything else that is a complaint can bring your friends down. Of course our thoughts and prayers are always with you when a tornado rips through your home, you are injured or are losing/lost a loved one.
TOO MANY PICTURES....We all delight in sharing your special days and look forward to seeing what you have done. If you post an album of 50 pictures of said day will bore everyone. Pick the best to get the point of your great day across.
BE INTERESTING.....Chances are a quiz, quote or video you choose to post will strike a cord with many of your friends and will get responses you love to have. Find ways to engage your friends and get them thinking.
DON'T IGNORE FRIEND REQUESTS....Someone thought enough of you to want to friend you on Facebook. Look at the person and their info. If for the life of you you don't remember this person, look at their friends and info to figure out why they thought you were special. If you can't figure it out, decline immediately as not to embarrass said person.
LEARN TO SPELL AND USE PROPER GRAMMAR.....I know this is the age of texting, everything we have ever learned has gone down the drain. I am talking to Baby Boomers here and we should know better. Typos are excused as the occasional misspelling of a word. We have spell check!
LEARN TO SEND PERSONAL MESSAGES.....No one needs to know if friend #1 is having dinner with friend #2 or their plans for the next day. Keep your personal conversations personal.
Facebook was created by and originally catered to twenty somethings, the Baby Boomers got wind of it and the results have been amazing.
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